Whiffletree-hook.



m. 662,5l2. I Patented Nov; 27, I900 A. K. WOLFE.

WHIFFLETREE HOOK.

I (Applicatioh filed May 11, 1900.)

(No Model.)

m T m V w W/ TNE SSE S NITED STATES ATENT FFICIL.

ABNER K. WOLFE, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

WHIFFLETREE- -HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 662,512, dated November27, 1900..

Application filed May 11, 1900. Serial No. 16,292. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABNER K. WVOLFE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing in Kansas City, in the county of Wyandotte and Stateof Kansas, have invented anewand usefullmprovementinWhiffletree- Hooks,of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in whiffietree-hooks.

The object of my invention is to provide a whiifletree-hook adapted tobe used with tugs or traces provided with one or more eyes forengagement with the hook.

My invention comprises a socket for securing upon the end of awhiffletree, the said socket having pivoted laterally to it a hook forengaging the trace or tug, means being provided by which the tug in itsworking position cannot slip oi the hook, but which may be readilyreleasedtherefrom by swinging the hook to a certain position.

My invention is provided, further, with an outwardly-extending hookadapted to be used when the tug or trace is provided with a plurality ofeyes.

My invention provides also, in connection with the swinging hook, aguard that normally prevents disengagement of the hook from the tug, butwhich is provided with a notch opposite which the hook may be swung, soas to permit the insertion of or disengage ment from the hook of thetug.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrative of my invention, Figure 1represents a top view of the outer end of a whiffletree provided with myinvention. In this figure the eye of a tug or trace is shown engagedwith the swinging hook. Fig. 2 represents a rear elevational view. Fig.3 represents a horizontal sectional view of the parts shown in Fig. 1.Fig. 4 represents an end elevational view; and Fig. 5 represents also anend elevational view,

with the outwardly-extending hook engaged with a trace having aplurality of eyes.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts.

A indicates the whiffletree, B the socket, and C the hook, such as iscommonly used on the ends of whifiietrees. Forwardly extending from theside of the socket B are two cars D forwardly and rearwardly extendingprojections or tangs K and L, respectively. The outer periphery of theguard E is arcuate in form and is so related to the tang L of the hook Gas to prevent the passage between them of the tug-eye H. The upper sideof the guard E is provided with a curved notch M, adapted, when the hookG is swung imoposition, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4,) to permit theinsertion or withdrawal of the eye II. It will be noted that the form ofthe eye H is oblong, so that when the hook is swung into the positionopposite the notch M the tangs K and L prevent the removal of the tugeyewhen the tug is in the normal position and the eye must be turned fromthe normal position, so that the opening in the eye in which the hook isinserted will have its longer axis parallel with the length of the headot' the hook. When the tug-eye and the hook G are turned to the positionshown in dotted lines in Fig. 4:,the eye may be readily removed from thehook through the notch M oi the guard E.

\Vhen the tug or trace is provided with a plurality oflongitudinally-disposed openings, such as are shown in Fig. 5, theswinging hook cannot be employed. Consequently I have provided inconnection with the socket B the hook C, the head of which is similar inform to the head J of the hook G, the long diameter of the head beingdisposed at right angles to the long diameters of the slots or holes inthe tug.

With my invention any form of trace or tug can be used. It ispreferable, of course, for the purpose of safely securing the tugthatwhere possible it be placed upon the swinging hook G.

My invention may be variously modified without departing from itsspirit.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patcut, is-

1. A whiffletree-hook comprising a socket adapted to be secured upon theend of a whif- -extending projections, one of which swings adjacent tothe curved periphery of the lateral projection, the lateral projectionbeingv provided with a notch opposite to which the head of the hookmaybe swung, substantially as described.

2. A whiftletree-hook comprising a socket adapted to be secured upon theend of a whiffletree, two laterally-extending projections on the socket,one of which is provided with an arcuate-shaped periphery having thereina notch, a swinging hook having one end pivotally mounted between thetwo projections, the free end of the hook having forwardly andrearwardly extending tangs one of which is adapted to swing adjacent tothe curved periphery of the lateral projection to a point opposite therecess therein, substantially as described.

3. A whiffietree-hook comprising a socket adapted to be secured on theend of a whittletree and being provided with a lateral projection havinga peripheral recess or notch, a hook pivoted to the said projection andprovided at its free end with an oblong head adapted to swing in closeproximity to the lateral projection and to pass opposite the notchthereof, substantially as described.

4. A Whiffletree-hook comprising a body portion for securing to the endof a whiffietree and provided at its outer end with a tug-engaging hookand provided at right angles to the said hook,with a forwardly-extendingprojection, provided with a peripheral notch, a tug-engaging hookpivoted to the said projection and provided with an oblong head adaptedto swing in close proximity to the projection and to pass opposite thenotch thereof, substantially as described.

5. A 'whiffietree-h'ookcomprising a body portion provided with a socketfor the insertion of a whiffietree, the body portion being provided witha tug-engaging hook disposed in the axis of the 'whiffletree, and.provided also, with two lateral projections disposed at right angles tothe said axis, one of the said projections being provided near its rearend with a peripheral notch, a tug-engaging hook pivo'tally mountedbetween the two projections and having an oblong head on its free endadapted to swing in close proximity to the notched projection and topass opposite the said notch, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ABNER K. WOLFE.

Witnesses:

WARREN D. HOUSE, DENTON DUNN.

